S.I. No. 173 of 2006

Fishing Opportunities and Associated Conditions (No.2) Regulations 2006

I, John Browne, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No.8 of 2006), and the Marine (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order 2006 (No. 167 of 2006), and for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 51/2006¹ of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required, hereby make the following Regulations:

1.   These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Opportunities and Associated Conditions (No. 2) Regulations 2006.

2.   In these Regulations -

-�Council Regulation-� means Council Regulation (EC) No. 51/2006¹ of 22 December 2005 and any future Regulation of the Council or the Commission made after the making of these Regulations, which amends, extends, replaces or consolidates (with or without modification) the Council Regulation (as defined herein);

3.   A word or expression that is used in these Regulations, and is also used in the Council Regulation, has, unless the contrary indication appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Council Regulation.

4.   A contravention of any provision of the Council Regulation relating to:

(a)  sea-fishing boats within the exclusive fishery limits of the State; or

(b)  an Irish sea-fishing boat wherever it may be; or

(c)  any person engaged in buying, handling, weighing, trans-shipping, transporting, landing, processing, storing, documenting or selling fish within the State or the exclusive fishery limits of the State,

or a failure to comply with an obligation imposed by the Council Regulation so relating, other than an obligation imposed on the State, shall, for the purposes of subsection (3) of section 14 of the section 14 shall accordingly apply thereto.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations provide for the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 51/2006 of 22 December 2005 fixing for 2006 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required.

¹ O.J. L 16/1 of 20.1.06

¹ O.J. L 16/1 of 20.1.06